VPs and 5.3

Anyone knows when 5.3 will be introduced?

Currently im sitting on 3k vps, and i bought the ring, neck, trinket and back form rep. I dont need the gloves,Legs and wrist cause i have better drops from ToT (Tier). Im 4k into honored with Shado Pan Assault. Our guild has a progress of 6/12 atm. So lets say id kill every week average 7 bosses with progress and id do the weekly quest it would take me about a month to get revered so i can buy something new... But i have already now a better chest then the rep one from revered and also the waiste fro Ji -Kun is better then the one fro rep revered. If im not to unlucky ill have that by that time too...

So honestly, is it designed the way that after only few weeks into an expansion on gets already stuck on vp cap until next patch, lol?
What did i miss?

I'm in a similar boat, except my guild is 6/13 heroic. While it would be nice to replace some filler items with 522 rep gear or work on offspec, the problem lies in that I am not revered yet with Shado-pan assault, I don't use my offspec enough and the itemization on the 522 rep gear is pretty awful (plate dps).

I've just decided to stay at 3K vp and hoard it until 5.3 launches. Less worry about keeping it each week or doing dailies.

5.1 came 12 weeks after MG normal opened and 10 weeks after HoF. As the patch and the VP-Upgrader are supposed to be a slight nerf to the raids by increasing players itemlvl I think 5.3 will hit in the same span of time.

So I guess 5.3 will be hitting the servers between 15.5 - 29.5 . That would be atleast 1 more months.

Another option depending on your servers market is to buy Blood Spirits for 400 VP. Either make the gear to sell or the matt itself. On my server they are selling for around 350g. Not a great deal but if you're sitting at cap with nothing else to buy it's better than nothing.

Another option depending on your servers market is to buy Blood Spirits for 400 VP. Either make the gear to sell or the matt itself. On my server they are selling for around 350g. Not a great deal but if you're sitting at cap with nothing else to buy it's better than nothing.

unfortunately on my server they have went from 700g a peice to 350g per in a week...

Blizzard said it many times, their goal is 2 months for a minor content patch, 4 months for a tier. Doesn't mean they are exactly on schedule, but so far it's been pretty much 3 months for every patch:

5.0.4 - 2012-08-28
5.1.0 - 2012-11-27
5.2.0 - 2013-03-05

So by that logic, expect 5.3 somewhere in May, and the new raid in September. Although they might do it at Blizzcon, where they will most likely announce the next expansion.